1890 ~ Defeat at the Battle of Wounded Knee effectively ended Native American resistance to white settlement!


1170 ~ Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by four knights acting under the orders of Henry II.


1845 ~ Texas became the 28th state in the United States.


1851 ~ The first Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) opened in Boston.


1937 ~ The Constitution of Ireland, changing the Irish Free State into Eire, went into effect.


1989 ~ Vaclav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia.


1996 ~ A peace agreement was signed, ending 36 years of conflict in Guatemala.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind